Tá litir faighte ag an mBord an tseachtain seo ón Roinn Oideachais is Scileanna ag moladh go dtógfaí scoil ocht seomra ranga, oiriúnach do 200 dalta, ar an suíomh anseo. Mar aon leis na seomraí ranga beidh halla ilfhóinteach, seomra foirne agus neart spásanna eile. Tá an sceideal cóiríochta don tionscnamh le feiscint anseo ar ár suíomh idirlíon. Tá sé molta gur féidir an scoil fás chomh mór le 12 seomra nó 300 dalta. Táimid ag fanacht anois le cuairt

In preparation for the upcoming General Election, we have created a special page on our website: http://www.pilibbarun.com/campaign/election2011 The aim of this new page is to provide information to parents and friends of the school which may help them to articulate the spirit of our campaign to the canvassing politicians on their doorstep, in a way that they are both comfortable with, and happy to stand over. Please take a moment to read the information there and provide any feedback you

Ta an preas ráitis seo leanas eisithe ag Gaelscoil Philib Barún roimh an olltoghachán. Gaelscoil Philib Barun has issued the following Press Release in advance of the 2011 General Election: Tramore needs your support for a better Educational Infrastructure Tacaigh le spiorad an ráitis seo agus bí ag faire amach dó i do nuachtán áitiúl. Please support the spirit of the issues raised in this article and look out for it in your local newspaper in the coming days.

Clúdaíodh dea scéal na scoile sna iliomad meáin. Bhí tuairiscí faoi Ghaelscoil Philib Barún ar Nuacht WLR agus deanadh agallamh ar chlár tráthnóna Ian Noctor ar an stáisiún céanna. Bhí agallamh chomh maith ar Radio na Gaeltachta in éindí le Gabriel Ó Cathasaigh, Príomhoide Ghaelscoil Sheáin Uí Ríordáin, Corcaigh atá ag súil le scoil 24 seomra a thógáil tar éis feitheamh 28 bliain! Tá trácht chomh maith inniu ar an scoil san Irish Times. The news about the progression of

Tá sé fógraithe ag an Aire Oideachais is Scileanna, Máire Ní Chochlainn, TD, go gceapfaí foireann dearaidh le scoil bhuan a thógáil anseo sa Trá Mhór. Fáiltímid an dul chun cinn seo agus táimid ag súil gur féidir an tionscnamh a chur chun cinn go tapaidh le freastal ar éileamh ar ghaeloideachas sa cheantar. B’fhada an fanacht go dtí seo ach nílimid neamhúrchóideach a dhóthain le ceaptha go bhfuil an troid thart. Beidh orainn brú millteanach a choimead ar an

Foilsíodh grianghraif den scoil ar fad i bhfoirm comhartha ceiste inniu san Irish Times. Rinne Coiste na dTuistí an grianghraif seo a cheapadh agus a ghlacdh Samhradh 2009 agus choimeadamar é go dtígo raibh deis againn é a fhoilsiú i nuachtán náisiúnta. Ár mbuíochas do Alan Murphy, James Mernin agus Ciara O Brien. B’é John Mernin an ghrianghraifeadóir. Féach ar an alt anseo. An article by Ciarán Murphy on the school’s 25 years in temporary accommodation was published in the

An article in a December edition of the Waterford News & Star reported that yet another two Waterford schools are being provided with permanent school buildings, and will be leaving their prefabs behind them. The schools themselves (Gaelscoil na nDeise and Educate Together) had been promised their permanent buildings some time ago but were awaiting funding for a library to accompany the new schools. This funding was granted recently and so the construction of the two new 16 classroom schools

Our school has enjoyed a welcome increase in press coverage during November 2010. Not only did we secure a front page article on the Irish Daily Mail but we also featured in three separate articles in the Waterford News & Star in the same week. However, as none of the articles have featured on the paper’s websites, we have provided scanned copies of them here instead: Irish Daily Mail (13 November 2010) Temporary Prefab Has Been School for 25 Years

Tháinig Catherine Fegan, iriseoir ón Daily Mail, go dtí an scoil an tseachtain seo caite agus rinne sí scéal ar an Satharn ar feitheamh fada fiche cúig bliain na scoile ar chóiríocht bhuan. Déanfaimid tréaslú leis an Daily Mail as ard a tharraingt ar chás ár scoile go hairithe ach chomh ar an scannall leanúnach ar a dtugtar an tionscnamh tógáil scoileanna. Faraoir ach níl suíomh idirlíon ag an Irish Daily Mail. Ar aon chuma, scanadh an t-alt agus tá